Kingdom Plantae Family Ochnaceae Rank Species | Order Malpighiales Genus Ochna | |
Ochna lanceolata is a species of plant in the Ochnaceae family. It is native to India and Sri Lanka.
It is a 8m tall plant with greyish bark and reddish blaze. Leaves are simple, alternate; lamina narrow elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate; apex acute; base acute with serrate margin. Flowers show raceme inflorescence. Fruit is a single-seeded drupe. The tree is known as bo kera/mal kera in Sinhala language.
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